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My friend is considering buying this camera.
Can anyone comment on this camera and possibly recommend some additional similar models?
thanks in advance
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The features of this camera are a built in motor drive (winder really) and TTL flash. Metering is also a little different that traditional Nikon. It has a higher % concentration in the 12 mm circle on the viewscreen which is more selective than other center-weighted Nikons. Probably a good thing.The camera also lacks a lot of stuff, like a depth of field preview lever.
Also to take advantage of the program mode you have to use AIS lenses from the manual focus line, or use AF lenses (in manual focus, of course)
Just about all Nikon TTL flash will work on the N2000 as will most Nikon dedicated third party lenses, like Sunpak.
All in all, not a bad camera. The N2000 uses 4 AAA batteries which have somewhat limited life with the motor drive. THere is an optional AA battery holder which has much better battery life. Sometimes you can find a camera with the optional holder already on it. It makes the camera about 1/4" taller is all.
But if it were me, I'd look for a clean FE-2. THe FE-2 has an automatic exposure mode, a superior manual mode, depth of field preview, 1/250 sec flash sync, 1/4000 sec max shutter speed, and can use any of the AI or AIS manual focus lenses, as well as AF. It too has TTL flash, which I could not live without.
This is the manual focus version of the Nikon 2020 (also designated F301). It is a reasonably robust camera, but somewhat heavy. A decent price for a body in very good shape is probably in the $150 range.It strikes me that what you may be looking for is an inexpensive "starter" SLR that gets you into the lens system of a major player. If this is the case, I would suggest looking at the lighter Nikon manual focus bodies, like the FM, FM2, FE, FE-2 or FA. These are all great bodies.
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